FACT CHECK: Claim on Vatican’s instruction on keeping cremation ashes NEEDS CONTEXT
During Undas this 2024, an old advisory from the Vatican about keeping cremation ashes reappeared on Facebook. This needs context.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Recycled online post SKEWS former CBCP president’s statement on ‘homily abuse’
Several Facebook pages recently revived an old misleading report by website The Daily Sentry (thedailysentry.net) that skews a three-year-old statement Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas made about "homily abuse".
THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: CBCP DID NOT condemn killings of Maute, Hapilon
These fake reports trended on social media this week. Don’t believe them.
Sexually deviant priests sent to Tagaytay for rehab
On a two-hectare land tucked away somewhere in Tagaytay City stands a gated retreat house run by priests for priests.
How CBCP probes clergy sexual abuse
The human trafficking case filed against Taytay-based priest Arnel Lagarejos is one of the rare instances a member of the Roman Catholic clergy has been haled to a criminal court.
Lethal mix: small mind and great power
President Duterte’s reaction to the Pastoral Letter of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines on the killings related to his campaign against prohibited drugs read in all Catholic churches last Sunday shows the danger when small minds are given so much power.
Cebu airport steps up watch on trafficking victims
By MECHELLE FLORITA CEBU CITY—At least one passenger is being offloaded almost every day at the Mactan Cebu International Airport, all of them possible victims of trafficking, including some who could be victims of typhoon “Yolanda” seeking jobs overseas, the antitrafficking task force here said. From September to November this year alone, the Bureau of
